This is article 10 of 10 forming my final part of my series of articles dedicated to my attempt at helping Payroll & HR professionals understand the potential impact that both blockchain and cryptocurrencies could have on the future of Payroll & HR. I hope you have found the journey an interesting and helpful one. Please […]

This is article 10 of 10 forming my final part of my series of articles dedicated to my attempt at helping Payroll & HR professionals understand the potential impact that both blockchain and cryptocurrencies could have on the future of Payroll & HR. I hope you have found the journey an interesting and helpful one. Please do share your thoughts if you have enjoyed them (or not) – I would love to know! I will be creating a full (free) whitepaper soon that will include all of these articles in one place for easy reference so look out for this and let me know if you are interested in receiving a copy!

Blockchain for Payroll & HR: My Conclusions

Before we get into my conclusions regarding blockchain, I think we should first tackle cryptocurrency.

You may have read other media articles and feel that paying people in cryptocurrency would be a natural evolution for businesses. After all, companies involved in the crypto industry are already doing this such as Japan’s GMO Internet which announced in 2018 that it would allow workers to take home up to $890 a month in Bitcoin. However, cryptocurrency is also extremely volatile, and it’s not unknown for the price of Bitcoin, Ethereum or any of the better-known crypto-coins to increase or decrease by 10% to 20% in a single day. Therefore, I believe it is highly unlikely that we will see any wide-scale adoption of cryptocurrency as a genuine payment option.

Also, the HMRC has recently warned that traders, investors and holders may have to pay Capital Gains Tax on any profits made in cryptocurrencies. With this in mind, you have to wonder why employers would even want to pay employees in cryptocurrency when there is already a mainstream currency (the good ol’ English Pound), that already does the job well enough and this can be spent more easily on the open market too!

So with Cryptocurrencies covered, let us get back to Blockchain for payroll.

If you have followed my previous nine articles to date on the subject of blockchain, then you will already know that the future pathway for blockchain technology in relation to payroll applications, is challenging to predict for two main reasons:

Enterprise-level applications of blockchain technology are so new that it means there are few unique, “battle-tested” products available to test in the field.

Because parts of the technology are based on some very advanced mathematical concepts of cryptography and probability, it is sometimes difficult to explain to those without a computer science background.

While several companies have launched as blockchain-based payroll firms, their client base is unclear.

So what are the pros and cons?

My research tells me that at present, there are still blockchain security and risk issues concerning its use within payroll related applications that need to be ironed-out before widespread commercial solutions will be made available in the marketplace.

The main blockchains such as Bitcoin and Ethereum blockchains are ‘permissionless’ – that is, public and not password-protected which continues to be a significant barrier for many companies in adopting the technology. I am not convinced that any business would be happy for all its transactions to be publicly available to anyone who wanted to view them – but that is what is possible on both the Bitcoin and Ethereum blockchain networks.

Of course, you can create private, permissioned blockchains but these also ultimately have one major flaw, which is, if only a handful of people are allowed to update and validate transactions on a private blockchain, they become single points of control – and therefore single points of failure. I think this could make them an easy potential target for hackers, who could (in theory) gain control of an entire blockchain by attacking only a small number of computers.

There are other risks too.

For example, for blockchain to function as it was intended, the code behind a smart contract needs to be free from bugs. If blockchain technology was being used to make a payroll payment, a bug might allow the receiver of a payroll payment using a smart contract to request that payment multiple times and get away with repeat payments before the blockchain system has a chance to update itself. Now, I know that all software, including professional, enterprise-level software, contains bugs but smart contract payments are irreversible, so if this happened to a payroll payment there would be no chance that the company could get its money back if a bug like this were to exist and get exploited.

In fact, in 2017, nearly $55 million-worth of ETH was stolen because of an exploitable bug in Ethereum’s source code, and it became one of the biggest backdoor hacks in history. It came down to the capital T in line 666 which, if it had been a small t, that would have prevented the hack. Unbelievable huh!?

I am making this point because only a very tiny proportion of code is ever technically “perfect” and again, for commercial adoption, I think risk-averse companies may therefore, avoid it until larger clients are on-board and have proven its safety.

There is no doubt too blockchain technology offers significant advantages that people may feel may outweigh the risks.

These include speed, the ability to make fast, cross-border payments and the ability to eliminate the need for a 3rd party acting in the middle of the transactions which would effectively reduce transaction costs. I have highlighted how blockchain transparency may be perceived to be a risk, but it could also be a benefit. For example, with blockchain technology, employees and employers will be able to see the exact status of all payments at all times.

Many could argue that blockchain also offers more security than existing enterprise solutions, after all, enterprise solutions currently in use are hackable too! One advantage of blockchain is the fact that because it is encrypted and distributed, it is virtually impossible to falsify its content.

If the speed benefits are appealing to you, then remember that these speed gains also come at a cost. Blockchain transactions use up significant energy consumption and computing power because they are verified using extremely complex algorithms. In addition, as the size of the blockchain grows, the requirements for storage, bandwidth, and computing power also increases.

Of course, we had the same problems with early computers and phones. A computer that took up the size of a small house and consumed the energy of a small town is now available in a form that is 100 times more powerful, fits in the palm of our hands, and uses almost no power at all to operate – such as a smartphone. In fact, I still remember my mum refusing to for many years to swap her typewriter and tippex strips for a computer (although, like everyone else, she did finally relent). The fact of the matter is, almost no employer or employee could operate without either of these technologies now.

So, will we see widespread adoption of blockchain technology within payroll applications?

Ultimately, yes. But, like the computer example above, I cannot see this adoption happening until many of the issues regarding security, speed, power usage, bandwidth requirements and other issues have been improved and streamlined. I am sure we will see a lot of news in this space coming out in 2019 and beyond as payroll providers sell the many potential benefits blockchain technology could offer payroll departments. However, for me, these companies have yet to prove that blockchain is the right medium to solve current payroll problems or convince me that it is ready in its current form to be a cost-effective solution.

It is likely that if blockchain technology does not take off, you will instead begin to hear more and more about DLT-based databases instead! After all, a blockchain is just a chain of blocks and therefore a type of distributed ledger technology (DLT) right? Well, yes, but not all blockchains are the same. DLT is ultimately a decentralised database that is managed by various participants – and therefore, I believe that this is where we will see quicker progress as new DLT-based products are developed by payroll providers.

With this in mind, get ready for an explosion of new DLT options to hit the market…

I truly hope you have enjoyed this series of 10 articles. I would love to hear your thoughts!

So, what do you think?

As always, whether you love payroll or HR, love what you do, work smart and work hard – just be careful not to overdo it 🙂

This is article 9 of 10 forming the ninth part of a series of articles dedicated to my attempt at helping Payroll & HR professionals understand the potential impact that both Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies could have on the future of Payroll & HR. To view the earlier article in the series – click here: […]

This is article 9 of 10 forming the ninth part of a series of articles dedicated to my attempt at helping Payroll & HR professionals understand the potential impact that both Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies could have on the future of Payroll & HR.

Blockchain for Payroll & HR: The Risks & Costs

Transferring payroll to the blockchain will require you to integrate (relatively) untested software into your own internal systems.

Immutability is both a benefit and a negative. And where decentralised systems interact with the real world is where they are weakest.

Speaking about a 20th June hack of South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb, worth upwards of $35 million, Mati Greenspan, a senior market analyst at social trading and brokerage platform eToro, said:

“The immutability of a decentralised currency system plays into the hands of fraudsters.

He went on to comment:

“Once a transaction happens, it can never be undone, which is one of the reasons cryptocurrencies can be a target for hackers. However, immutability is also one of Bitcoin’s most attractive qualities. The fact that it operates transparently and independently is a clear advantage for many.”

As discussed above, blockchain or DLT in the business of Software as a Service (SaaS) is still relatively new.

All the hype around blockchain-based systems as ‘The Next Big Thing‘ does tend to cloud the in-built negatives that blockchain technology brings to the table, as well as the technology’s level of immaturity.

In the payroll and HR business, those constraints are around slow payments and insecure databases which can be edited, hacked or stolen.

But is the application of blockchain really the solution we are looking for?

What do you think?

The last article in the series will be my conclusion!

“So, Is blockchain and crypto the future…?

As always, whether you love payroll or HR, love what you do, work smart and work hard – just be careful not to overdo it 🙂

This is article 8 of 10 forming the eighth part of a series of articles dedicated to my attempt at helping Payroll & HR professionals understand the potential impact that both Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies could have on the future of Payroll & HR. To view the earlier article in the series – click here: Article […]

This is article 8 of 10 forming the eighth part of a series of articles dedicated to my attempt at helping Payroll & HR professionals understand the potential impact that both Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies could have on the future of Payroll & HR.

“The Bank of England is in the midst of an ambitious rebuild of the Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) system – the backbone of every payment in the UK. There are three ways the Bank’s new RTGS will provide a platform for private innovation. Each will make it easier for people to plug in and pay, even across borders. First, RTGS is being re-built so that new private payment systems, including those using distributed ledger, can simply plug into our system.”

Current research on DLT and blockchain in HR and payroll tends to claim that these new systems are faster than current applications, and transaction fees are much lower.

We should therefore ask:

How much lower?

How much have businesses who have adopted blockchain in their HR and payroll saved, on average?

When will blockchain adoption be reflected in savings on a company’s balance sheet?

When do we move from ‘this is what the technology can do in theory’ to ‘this is what the technology has done in practice’?

Transaction fees tend to increase over time on a blockchain-based system. This is down to the ‘miners fee’, or the amount of time it takes a mining node to verify a correct transaction. Included in this amount is the cost of electricity and bandwidth.

This is because the cost per DLT transaction is significantly higher than through a centralised database, and the consensus mechanism – requiring all parties to agree on changes to the ledger – slows down the system

As the DLT grows in size – as the audit trail is continuously added to, it creates an ever-increasing ledger which makes computer storage a serious issue, especially for smaller firms who are not ready to splash out on new hard drives every time they want to update their payroll!

What do you think?

Please share and comment – I will try to interact with as many as possible!

Future articles in the series will include:

Risks and costs

Conclusion – is blockchain and crypto the future?

Thanks 🙂

As always, whether you love payroll or HR, love what you do, work smart and work hard – just be careful not to overdo it 🙂

This episode of the Payroll Podcast which is all about Global Payroll, future technologies, global payroll qualifications, global payroll legislation and how all of these issues may affect the global payroll industry. Passionate about raising the profile of the global payroll industry, I sit down with two global payroll industry leaders, Mary Holland, CPP and Doug Wolf from the Global Payroll Management Institute (GPMI) to discuss everything from global payroll training, compliance and legislation to effective strategic positioning for payroll professionals.

GPMI and the Future of Global Payroll.

Happy New Year! I am delighted to welcome 2019 with this new fantastic episode of The Payroll Podcast featuring two global payroll industry leaders from the GPMI. This episode of the payroll podcast is all about Global Payroll, future technologies, global payroll qualifications, global payroll legislation and how all of these issues may affect the global payroll industry. Passionate about raising the profile of the worldwide payroll industry, I sit down with two global payroll industry leaders, Mary Holland, CPP and Doug Wolf from the Global Payroll Management Institute (GPMI) to discuss everything from international payroll training, compliance and legislation to effective strategic positioning for payroll professionals.

About my GPMI Global Payroll Guests:

Mary is Global Director of Strategy, Development and Training for GPMI.

Doug and Mary are well known in the world of both US, and International payroll and they are both champions for innovation and technology along with education and engagement for all things associated with the payroll industry.

Mary and Doug are part of the team behind the outstanding content and resources provided by global payroll vendors and other subject-matter experts who are all subscribers to the Global Payroll Management Institute (GPMI), which is an institute that has become the world’s leading community for global payroll leaders, managers, practitioners, researchers, and technology experts. You can find out more at https://www.gpminstitute.com.

In this GPMI and the Future of Global Payroll episode of the Payroll Podcast we discover:

What is the GPMI all about?

What are the current trends in technology impacting Global Payroll right now?

What are the critical contemporary compliance challenges affecting Global Payroll

How the difficulties faced by payroll leaders in the USA differ to those in Europe?

How the digital landscape is changing within the payroll industry

What does the future hold for Global Payroll

How will Robotic Process Automation impact and streamline payroll processes?

What are the ‘big data’ global challenges or innovations affecting payroll?

Why giving payroll professionals recognition for the work they do is absolutely essential

The Payroll Podcast has one primary aim. To cut through the complex global payroll legislation, technology and compliance issues that affect payroll operations and to provide practical advice that you can implement immediately to improve your payroll department. We aim to take our listeners on a journey through subjects complex payroll issues ranging from GDPR, Robotic Process Automation, Blockchain Technology and Artificial Intelligence to, Global payroll compliance, payroll control frameworks, international payroll legislation and training, workplace psychology and payroll career planning. We try to do it with a little bit of humour and with content that I truly hope will help you to improve your payroll function for the better and hopefully raise the profile of the worldwide payroll industry at the same time!

I need your support!

The Payroll Podcast is a niche podcast, so if you like the show, please subscribe to it, review it (on iTunes) and please, please share it with as many of your payroll colleagues as possible!

If you wish to get involved with The Payroll Podcast or indeed if you would like to suggest a topic or tell us what you think about it, then please email me at Nick@jgarecruitment.com – I would love to hear from you!

Thanks for Listening!

In the meantime, if you have any payroll or HR recruitment requirements that JGA Recruitment can assist with, please do reach out to us on 01727 800 377 or email Nick@jgarecruitment.com You can also download free payroll whitepapers and check out a wealth of payroll articles on our website. Find out more by visiting us at jgarecruitment.com.

We are specialist Payroll and HR recruiters with over 100 years of expert recruitment experience. Whatever your requirements, if you get in touch and quote “The Payroll Podcast” then you can receive a 20% discount on all JGA Recruitment Terms of business.
Contact us today to find out more.
Tel: 01727 800 377.
Email Nick@jgarecruitment.com

]]>https://jgarecruitment.com/global-payroll-gpmi/feed/0This episode of the Payroll Podcast which is all about Global Payroll, future technologies, global payroll qualifications, global payroll legislation and how all of these issues may affect the global payroll industry.
Happy New Year! I am delighted to welcome 2019 with this new fantastic episode of The Payroll Podcast featuring two global payroll industry leaders from the GPMI. This episode of the payroll podcast is all about Global Payroll, future technologies, global payroll qualifications, global payroll legislation and how all of these issues may affect the global payroll industry. Passionate about raising the profile of the worldwide payroll industry, I sit down with two global payroll industry leaders, Mary Holland, CPP and Doug Wolf from the Global Payroll Management Institute (GPMI) to discuss everything from international payroll training, compliance and legislation to effective strategic positioning for payroll professionals.
About my GPMI Global Payroll Guests:

Doug and Mary are well known in the world of both US, and International payroll and they are both champions for innovation and technology along with education and engagement for all things associated with the payroll industry.

Mary and Doug are part of the team behind the outstanding content and resources provided by global payroll vendors and other subject-matter experts who are all subscribers to the Global Payroll Management Institute (GPMI), which is an institute that has become the world’s leading community for global payroll leaders, managers, practitioners, researchers, and technology experts. You can find out more at https://www.gpminstitute.com.
In this GPMI and the Future of Global Payroll episode of the Payroll Podcast we discover:

* What is the GPMI all about?
* What are the current trends in technology impacting Global Payroll right now?
* What are the critical contemporary compliance challenges affecting Global Payroll
* How the difficulties faced by payroll leaders in the USA differ to those in Europe?
* How the digital landscape is changing within the payroll industry
* What does the future hold for Global Payroll
* How will Robotic Process Automation impact and streamline payroll processes?
* What are the ‘big data’ global challenges or innovations affecting payroll?
* Why giving payroll professionals recognition for the work they do is absolutely essential
* The primary objectives of the GPMI
* What more can be done to raise the profile of the payroll industry?
* Whether or not Payroll Leaders are responding to technological advancements quickly enough?
* What the Payroll Country Complexity Survey (developed with NGAHR) is and why it is worth examining
* What will the most significant impact be on the payroll industry in the next 3-5 years?

View the links below to access the websites referred to in this GPMI and the Future of Global Payroll episode of the Payroll Podcast:

Holistic Learning with Open Source Technology for L&D and HR Professionals". In this episode of the HR L&D Podcast, we sit down with Lars Hyland – Chief Learning Officer at Totara Learning to explore his deep knowledge of learning technology in all its forms to learn more about how L&D Professionals can harness this technology to deliver effective and engaging learning experiences, both in the workplace and in education.

“Holistic Learning with Open Source Technology for L&D and HR Professionals” with Lars Hyland. In this episode of the HR L&D Podcast, we sit down with Lars Hyland – Chief Learning Officer at Totara Learning to explore his deep knowledge of learning technology in all its forms to learn more about how L&D Professionals can harness this technology to deliver effective and engaging learning experiences, both in the workplace and in education.

Lars possesses over 27 years of experience in the design and implementation of large-scale holistic learning programmes and performance improvement solutions. Lars has worked with a wide range of international organisations including Sky, Tesco, Nestle, Amex and McDonald’s to name just a few!

In 2015 Lars took over as Chief Commercial Officer at Totara and was responsible for developing Totara’s Partner Network and Worldwide Subscribers. He’s now working as the Chief Learning Officer responsible for the overall success of Totara’s business operations in Europe, Middle East and Africa.

In this “Holistic Learning with Open Source Technology for L&D and HR Professionals” episode of the HR L&D Podcast we learn:

What is Holistic Learning in the context of Open Source Technology and why this could be key for L&D professionals

How L&D teams can ensure they are always ahead of the curve when it comes to change

The key factors that have driven L&D forwards to where it is today?

Who are Totara and how does the platform help L&D teams adapt to change

How does Totara provide such a holistic learning environment?

Why did Totara decide to develop a collaborative model that supports a global partner network?

How are the demands of commercial organisations similar to those within Higher Education?

What are the main holistic learning priorities L&D Team should be focused on?

Why all L&D professionals should embrace open source technology!

The key piece of advice Lars would give to someone embarking on a career in learning and development?

This HR L&D Podcast is sponsored by Think Learning who empower organisations to create safer and better places to work through the implementation of Totara Learn, a fully featured Learning Management System. Contact info@think-learning.com to find out more (please quote the HR L&D Podcast when you make contact)

The HR L&D Podcast that requires your support for it to survive. It is a niche podcast created for a specialist audience, so if you like the show, please subscribe to it, review it and share it with as many of your HR or L&D colleagues as possible.

If you wish to get involved with HR L&D Podcast or indeed if you would like to suggest a topic or tell us what you think about it, please get in touch!

THANKS FOR LISTENING!

In the meantime, if you have any HR or L&D recruitment requirements that JGA HR Recruitment Services can assist with, please do reach out to me at Nick@jgarecruitment.com. We are specialist HR recruiters with over 100 years of expert HR recruitment expertise. Quote “The HR L&D Podcast” to receive a 20% discount on all Terms of business.

You can also download free HR whitepapers and a wealth of HR articles on our website. Find out more by visiting us at jgarecruitment.com.
Contact us today to find out more.Tel: 01727 800 377.
Email Nick@jgarecruitment.com

]]>https://jgarecruitment.com/holistic-learning/feed/0Holistic Learning with Open Source Technology for L&D and HR Professionals". In this episode of the HR L&D Podcast, we sit down with Lars Hyland – Chief Learning Officer at Totara Learning to explore his deep knowledge of learning technology in all it...Lars Hyland. In this episode of the HR L&D Podcast, we sit down with Lars Hyland – Chief Learning Officer at Totara Learning to explore his deep knowledge of learning technology in all its forms to learn more about how L&D Professionals can harness this technology to deliver effective and engaging learning experiences, both in the workplace and in education.

Lars possesses over 27 years of experience in the design and implementation of large-scale holistic learning programmes and performance improvement solutions. Lars has worked with a wide range of international organisations including Sky, Tesco, Nestle, Amex and McDonald's to name just a few!

In 2015 Lars took over as Chief Commercial Officer at Totara and was responsible for developing Totara’s Partner Network and Worldwide Subscribers. He’s now working as the Chief Learning Officer responsible for the overall success of Totara’s business operations in Europe, Middle East and Africa.

In this “Holistic Learning with Open Source Technology for L&D and HR Professionals” episode of the HR L&D Podcast we learn:

* What is Holistic Learning in the context of Open Source Technology and why this could be key for L&D professionals
* How L&D teams can ensure they are always ahead of the curve when it comes to change
* The key factors that have driven L&D forwards to where it is today?
* Who are Totara and how does the platform help L&D teams adapt to change
* How does Totara provide such a holistic learning environment?
* Why did Totara decide to develop a collaborative model that supports a global partner network?
* How are the demands of commercial organisations similar to those within Higher Education?
* What are the main holistic learning priorities L&D Team should be focused on?
* Why all L&D professionals should embrace open source technology!
* The key piece of advice Lars would give to someone embarking on a career in learning and development?

Helen Patterson, is a #HumanFirst Workplace Expert with an in-depth knowledge of employer culture, brand and program strategy who has previously held senior Payroll positions at ADP Canada, Thomson Reuters, CIBC, ADP, FootLocker, Champs and The Northern Group. This is the last episode of The Payroll Podcast prior to Christmas so I hope you enjoy it!

At ADP Canada. Helen helped develop its Payroll & HR products and services. Helen has also been a representative on two Canadian government committees with the Canadian Payroll Association (CPA), where she helped shape changes to payroll legislation that impacted payroll providers and employers alike.

Helen is an expert when it comes to developing best practices for building client and user-friendly Payroll & HR tools. She believes every employee has the right to feel valued and with Mental Health issues related to stress and work on the rise, Helen in response developed a #HumanFirst mantra. She now applies this philosophy to everything she does. Subsequently, Helen now works as a consultant, contributing author and blogger covering all areas of Payroll & HR and she also runs a small consultancy called “Life Works Well” that helps organizations create high-performance, people-focused workplaces.

Helen is now a sought-after speaker, engaging a captive audience at DisruptHR, CPA (Canadian Payroll Association) and HRPA’s annual conferences and in this episode, we find out more about exactly how Payroll & HR practices differ in Canada from the way we process here in the UK. We also discover what the similar nuances are too!

A huge advocate for promoting women in leadership and motherhood in the workplace – we discover her views on what businesses can do to embrace motherhood in the workplace and we learn first-hand why this is an aspect of Helen’s life that she is hugely passionate about because ultimately, businesses can do a lot more…

In this episode of The Payroll Podcast, we also explore Helen’s passions and mentorship skills, work-life and caregiving strategies and how she achieves her focus of helping employers develop strategies that can support employees to enable them to manage their life and work challenges more effectively.

If you are a Payroll Leader who is interested in finding out more about how to embed and develop engaged employer cultures, people-focused workplaces and high performing payroll teams and operations then this is the Podcast for you!

Helen’s mantra is #HumanFirst and she brings this vision to her client’s while enjoying some fun at the same time! Enjoy the Podcast!

For now, may I also take this opportunity to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2019!

We hope you enjoy this ‘A Human First Approach to Payroll & HR’ episode of The Payroll Podcast! If you know anyone else who works in payroll, then please, share this episode with your friends and get them to subscribe today!

The Payroll Podcast has one primary aim. To cut through the complex global payroll legislation, technology and compliance issues that affect payroll operations and to provide practical advice that you can implement immediately to improve your payroll department. We aim to take our listeners on a journey through subjects complex payroll issues ranging from GDPR, Robotic Process Automation, Blockchain Technology and Artificial Intelligence to, Global payroll compliance, payroll control frameworks, workplace psychology and payroll career planning. We try to do it with a little bit of humour and with content that I truly hope will help you to improve your payroll function for the better!

The Payroll Podcast is a niche podcast, so if you like the show, please subscribe to it, review it (on iTunes) and please, please share it with as many of your payroll colleagues as possible!

If you wish to get involved with The Payroll Podcast or indeed if you would like to suggest a topic or tell us what you think about it, then please email me at Nick@jgarecruitment.com – I would love to hear from you!

Thanks for Listening!

In the meantime, if you have any payroll or HR recruitment requirements that JGA Recruitment can assist with, please do reach out to us on 01727 800 377 or email Nick@jgarecruitment.com You can also download free payroll whitepapers and check out a wealth of payroll articles on our website. Find out more by visiting us at jgarecruitment.com.

We are specialist Payroll and HR recruiters with over 100 years of expert recruitment experience. Whatever your requirements, if you get in touch and quote “The Payroll Podcast” then you can receive a 20% discount on all JGA Recruitment Terms of business.

]]>https://jgarecruitment.com/humanfirst/feed/0Helen Patterson is a Workplace Expert with an in-depth knowledge of employer culture, brand and program strategy who has previously held senior Payroll positions responsible for building client and user-friendly Payroll & HR tools. Helen Patterson, is a #HumanFirst Workplace Expert with an in-depth knowledge of employer culture, brand and program strategy who has previously held senior Payroll positions at ADP Canada, Thomson Reuters, CIBC, ADP, FootLocker, Champs and The Northern Group. This is the last episode of The Payroll Podcast prior to Christmas so I hope you enjoy it!
At ADP Canada. Helen helped develop its Payroll & HR products and services. Helen has also been a representative on two Canadian government committees with the Canadian Payroll Association (CPA), where she helped shape changes to payroll legislation that impacted payroll providers and employers alike.
Helen is an expert when it comes to developing best practices for building client and user-friendly Payroll & HR tools. She believes every employee has the right to feel valued and with Mental Health issues related to stress and work on the rise, Helen in response developed a #HumanFirst mantra. She now applies this philosophy to everything she does. Subsequently, Helen now works as a consultant, contributing author and blogger covering all areas of Payroll & HR and she also runs a small consultancy called “Life Works Well” that helps organizations create high-performance, people-focused workplaces.
Helen is now a sought-after speaker, engaging a captive audience at DisruptHR, CPA (Canadian Payroll Association) and HRPA’s annual conferences and in this episode, we find out more about exactly how Payroll & HR practices differ in Canada from the way we process here in the UK. We also discover what the similar nuances are too!
A huge advocate for promoting women in leadership and motherhood in the workplace – we discover her views on what businesses can do to embrace motherhood in the workplace and we learn first-hand why this is an aspect of Helen's life that she is hugely passionate about because ultimately, businesses can do a lot more...
In this episode of The Payroll Podcast, we also explore Helen's passions and mentorship skills, work-life and caregiving strategies and how she achieves her focus of helping employers develop strategies that can support employees to enable them to manage their life and work challenges more effectively.

If you are a Payroll Leader who is interested in finding out more about how to embed and develop engaged employer cultures, people-focused workplaces and high performing payroll teams and operations then this is the Podcast for you!

Helen's mantra is #HumanFirst and she brings this vision to her client's while enjoying some fun at the same time! Enjoy the Podcast!
For now, may I also take this opportunity to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2019!
We hope you enjoy this 'A Human First Approach to Payroll & HR' episode of The Payroll Podcast! If you know anyone else who works in payroll, then please, share this episode with your friends and get them to subscribe today!

We discover how Rebecca Mullins, a highly experienced payroll consultancy and project management professional and Associate Director of the Payroll Advisory Practice at Deloitte, has utilised and gathered her wealth of payroll expertise in fields ranging from global Payroll, payroll transformation, project management, payroll strategy, payroll models, payroll applications and payroll vendors to deliver effective business transformations for clients. We also discuss the future of the payroll industry with specific focus on AI (Artificial Intelligence, RPA (Robotic Process Automation) and Chatbots!

Rebecca Mullins, Associate Director of the Payroll Advisory Practice at Deloitte is a payroll consultancy and project management professional working at the very top of the payroll profession.

In this “Payroll Consultancy and Project management for Business Transformation” episode of The Payroll Podcast, I had the opportunity to interview Rebecca to discover exactly how she navigated her way to the pinnacle of the payroll career ladder and we discuss the future too, with specific focus on AI (Artificial Intelligence, RPA (Robotic Process Automation) and Chatbots!

I have known Rebecca since 2006 and in this episode of the Payroll Podcast, we discover the wealth of payroll consultancy and payroll management knowledge she has gathered in fields ranging from global payroll, payroll transformation, project management, payroll strategy, payroll models, payroll applications and payroll vendors during her impressive 19-year career.

A fellow of the CIPP (Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals), Rebecca has also been named in the Payroll World Top 50 for both 2015 and 2017 respectively as well as the Reward Strategy’s Reward top 300 for 2018.

Right now, Rebecca is responsible for leading the Deloitte UK Payroll Advisory practice where she has been involved in project managing many stand-alone Payroll projects, providing payroll consultancy expertise to deliver a number of impressive large-scale global transformations.

After gaining payroll consultancy and project management experience working on both vendor and client side; Rebecca has been involved in projects ranging from payroll function reviews, global risk and compliance assessments, requirements gathering and documentation, vendor selection and product evaluation, this is an action-packed, informative Payroll Podcast episode you are not going to want to miss!

In this “Payroll Consultancy and Project Management for Business Transformation” episode of The Payroll Podcast, we also explore:

The steps that led Rebecca to the top of the payroll consultancy profession

Personalised payroll consultancy and business transformation approaches for process improvement.

Examples of how varied the payroll projects can be!

The four key payroll consultancy areas that Rebecca supports within the Deloitte payroll advisory practice

How and why the payroll function is changing to become a more strategic function.

Practical steps that you can take away and implement right away to avoid potential payroll compliance pitfalls

Why it isn’t just statutory/legislative compliance payroll professionals need to prepare for

How Rebecca has seen the payroll consultancy industry change

The biggest challenges facing the payroll industry right now?

The challenges increased data visibility is having on payroll departments

RPA in the workplace and advice that will future-proof your payroll operation!

We hope you enjoy this “Payroll Consultancy for Business Transformation” episode of The Payroll Podcast! If you know anyone else who works in payroll, then please, share this episode with your friends and get them to subscribe today!

The Payroll Podcast has one primary aim. To cut through the complex global payroll legislation, technology and compliance issues that affect payroll operations and to provide practical advice that you can implement immediately to improve your payroll department. We aim to take our listeners on a journey through subjects complex payroll issues ranging from GDPR, Robotic Process Automation, Blockchain Technology and Artificial Intelligence to, Global payroll compliance, payroll control frameworks, workplace psychology and payroll career planning. We try to do it with a little bit of humour and with content that I truly hope will help you to improve your payroll function for the better!

The Payroll Podcast is a niche podcast, so if you like the show, please subscribe to it, review it (on iTunes) and please, please share it with as many of your payroll colleagues as possible!

If you wish to get involved with The Payroll Podcast or indeed if you would like to suggest a topic or tell us what you think about it, then please email me at Nick@jgarecruitment.com – I would love to hear from you!

Thanks for Listening!

In the meantime, if you have any payroll or HR recruitment requirements that JGA Recruitment can assist with, please do reach out to us on 01727 800 377 or email Nick@jgarecruitment.com You can also download free payroll whitepapers and check out a wealth of payroll articles on our website. Find out more by visiting us at jgarecruitment.com.

We are specialist Payroll and HR recruiters with over 100 years of expert recruitment experience. Whatever your requirements, if you get in touch and quote “The Payroll Podcast” then you can receive a 20% discount on all JGA Recruitment Terms of business.

]]>https://jgarecruitment.com/payroll-consultancy-transformation/feed/0We discover how Rebecca Mullins, a highly experienced payroll consultancy and project management professional and Associate Director of the Payroll Advisory Practice at Deloitte, has utilised and gathered her wealth of payroll expertise in fields rangi...
Rebecca Mullins, Associate Director of the Payroll Advisory Practice at Deloitte is a payroll consultancy and project management professional working at the very top of the payroll profession.
In this “Payroll Consultancy and Project management for Business Transformation” episode of The Payroll Podcast, I had the opportunity to interview Rebecca to discover exactly how she navigated her way to the pinnacle of the payroll career ladder and we discuss the future too, with specific focus on AI (Artificial Intelligence, RPA (Robotic Process Automation) and Chatbots!
I have known Rebecca since 2006 and in this episode of the Payroll Podcast, we discover the wealth of payroll consultancy and payroll management knowledge she has gathered in fields ranging from global payroll, payroll transformation, project management, payroll strategy, payroll models, payroll applications and payroll vendors during her impressive 19-year career.

A fellow of the CIPP (Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals), Rebecca has also been named in the Payroll World Top 50 for both 2015 and 2017 respectively as well as the Reward Strategy's Reward top 300 for 2018.

Right now, Rebecca is responsible for leading the Deloitte UK Payroll Advisory practice where she has been involved in project managing many stand-alone Payroll projects, providing payroll consultancy expertise to deliver a number of impressive large-scale global transformations.

After gaining payroll consultancy and project management experience working on both vendor and client side; Rebecca has been involved in projects ranging from payroll function reviews, global risk and compliance assessments, requirements gathering and documentation, vendor selection and product evaluation, this is an action-packed, informative Payroll Podcast episode you are not going to want to miss!
In this “Payroll Consultancy and Project Management for Business Transformation” episode of The Payroll Podcast, we also explore:

* The steps that led Rebecca to the top of the payroll consultancy profession
* Personalised payroll consultancy and business transformation approaches for process improvement.
* Examples of how varied the payroll projects can be!
* The four key payroll consultancy areas that Rebecca supports within the Deloitte payroll advisory practice
* How and why the payroll function is changing to become a more strategic function.
* Practical steps that you can take away and implement right away to avoid potential payroll compliance pitfalls
* Why it isn’t just statutory/legislative compliance payroll professionals need to prepare for
* How Rebecca has seen the payroll consultancy industry change
* The biggest challenges facing the payroll industry right now?
* The challenges increased data visibility is having on payroll departments
* RPA in the workplace and advice that will future-proof your payroll operation!
* How the the role of the payroll manager will look in the future
* Why payroll professionals should be recognised at board level.
* Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, Robotic Process Automation, Chatbots - which will have the greatest impact?
* Rebecca’s secret love for Lego!

We hope you enjoy this “Payroll Consultancy for Business Transformation” episode of The Payroll Podcast! If you know anyone else who works in payroll, then please, share this episode with your friends and get them to subscribe today!
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In this episode "Talent Management & the Power of Conversations" of the HR L&D Podcast, I sit down with Hesketh Emden – a multi-award-winning talent management professional to discuss his experience in developing employee cultures, his passion for promoting and training the power of conversations and of course, to understand more about his learning and development design and strategy implementation expertise.

In this episode “Talent Management & the Power of Conversations” of the HR L&D Podcast, I sit down with Hesketh Emden.

Hesketh is a multi-award-winning talent management professional to discuss his experience in developing employee cultures, his passion for promoting and training the power of conversations and of course, to understand more about his learning and development design and strategy implementation expertise.

Hesketh has successfully headed and set up a broad range of public and private sector Learning and Development functions, from Commercial Union during one of Europe’s largest mergers, to the Metropolitan Police. In 2011 he was recruited by NHS England to lead on talent management, identifying future leaders across London’s 70 NHS organisations.

As part of government health service reforms, in 2013 Hesketh was brought in to help create the brand-new NHS Property Services, a Limited Company owned by the Secretary of State. In this episode of the HR L&D Podcast, we discover how, despite 3200 staff being TUPE’d overnight, he managed to successfully implement a Talent Management structure that supported building a new organisation with a single culture where there had previously been 161 ways of doing things. Inspirational stuff!

Aside from Hesketh’s passion to promote and train ‘the power of conversations’, we also learn more about his experience at award ceremonies. Hesketh was a finalist in the CIPD People Management Award in 2012 – ‘Talent Attraction & Management’; was winner of the Charity Learning Awards in 2014 – for ‘Using e-learning to facilitate change’; Finalist of the PPMA Excellence in People Management Awards in 2015 for ‘Talent Management’ and winner again in the HR Excellence Awards 2017 – for ‘Best CSR Strategy’. Hesketh is very modest when it comes to his own achievements, but I know that our listeners will be keen to find out more about the man behind the accolades.

In this “Talent Management & the Power of Conversations” HR L&D Podcast episode, we discover:

Hesketh’s work concerning “the power of conversations” and how this work has evolved

The biggest challenges to making this type of training ‘mainstream’

The tools and processes Hesketh has used to develop successful large-scale talent management programmes

His experience in aligning 161 organisations into one single vision and culture following a 3200 employee TUPE

How Hesketh’s work helped contribute to £5m a year in productivity savings for the NHS!

Practical steps for you to immediately implement so you too can successfully develop positive communications

We learn about his passion for supporting a Substance Misuse Charity and his work concerning the “Lazarus drug”

Hesketh’s view on the impact that technology is having on communications within organisations?

Why every organization should consider entering an industry award.

The main challenges currently affecting Talent Management right now

The key things L&D & HR professionals should be doing now to prioritise and develop talent in their organisations

The reason why all L&D, HR and Talent professionals should embrace communications training?

This HR L&D Podcast is sponsored by Think Learning who empower organisations to create safer and better places to work through the implementation of Totara Learn, a fully featured Learning Management System. Contact info@think-learning.com to find out more (please quote the HR L&D Podcast when you make contact)

The HR L&D Podcast that requires your support for it to survive. It is a niche podcast created for a specialist audience, so if you like the show, please subscribe to it, review it and share it with as many of your HR or L&D colleagues as possible.

If you wish to get involved with HR L&D Podcast or indeed if you would like to suggest a topic or tell us what you think about it, please get in touch!

THANKS FOR LISTENING!

In the meantime, if you have any HR or L&D recruitment requirements that JGA HR Recruitment Services can assist with, please do reach out to me at Nick@jgarecruitment.com. We are specialist HR recruiters with over 100 years of expert HR recruitment expertise. Quote “The HR L&D Podcast” to receive a 20% discount on all Terms of business.

You can also download free HR whitepapers and a wealth of HR articles on our website. Find out more by visiting us at jgarecruitment.com.
Contact us today to find out more.Tel: 01727 800 377.
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Strategic Payroll and Learning for Success is the feature of this episode of The Payroll Podcast, with special guest, Ros Hendren who is is a highly experienced Payroll and HR Professional Manager who possesses over 30 years business and management expertise. Ros is currently a CIPP non-executive Board Director which is why I was so excited to speak with her about her experience as a tutor, mentor, leader and innovator within the payroll industry. Ros is hugely passionate about the payroll industry, upskilling the profession, compliance and strategy and these are all elements that we delve into in order to provide you with a platform of career-develo0pment strategies that may help you develop your own career.

Ros is a highly experienced Strategic Payroll and HR Professional Manager who possesses over 30 years payroll, HR, business and management expertise and is also currently a CIPP non-executive Board Director!

There are few people in the industry with more management credentials than Ros and which is why I was so excited to speak with her about her experience as a tutor, mentor, leader and innovator within the payroll industry.

Ros is hugely passionate about the payroll industry, upskilling the profession, compliance and strategy and these are all elements that we delve into in order to provide you with a platform of career-develo0pment strategies that may help you develop your own career.

In this podcast, Strategic Payroll and Learning for Success, we discover:

How to develop a Strategic Approach to Reward Design

The basic concepts that make up a successful reward strategy

Learning experiences and qualifications to develop and progress your payroll career

How to impact decisions at board level and finding your voice within a large corporate structure

Advantages of working in both outsourced payroll services business environments and in-house payroll operations

Critical work that is undertaken by non-exec CIPP board executives in shaping the payroll future

Why Ros is standing for re-election to the CIPP Board

Advice for aspiring payroll entrepreneurs interested in making setting up their own consultancies

Aligning payroll operations with other operations such as Reward and HR

Advice to take away so you too can reach the top of the payroll profession

We hope you enjoy this episode of The Payroll Podcast! If you know anyone else who works in payroll, then please, share this episode with your friends and get them to subscribe today!

The Payroll Podcast has one primary aim. To cut through the complex global payroll legislation, technology and compliance issues that affect payroll operations and to provide practical advice that you can implement immediately to improve your payroll department. We aim to take our listeners on a journey through subjects complex payroll issues ranging from GDPR, Robotic Process Automation, Blockchain Technology and Artificial Intelligence to, Global payroll compliance, payroll control frameworks, workplace psychology and payroll career planning. We try to do it with a little bit of humour and with content that I truly hope will help you to improve your payroll function for the better!

The Payroll Podcast is a niche podcast, so if you like the show, please subscribe to it, review it (on iTunes) and please, please share it with as many of your payroll colleagues as possible!

If you wish to get involved with The Payroll Podcast or indeed if you would like to suggest a topic or tell us what you think about it, then please email me at Nick@jgarecruitment.com – I would love to hear from you!

In the meantime, if you have any payroll or HR recruitment requirements that JGA Recruitment can assist with, please do reach out to us on 01727 800 377 or email Nick@jgarecruitment.com You can also download free payroll whitepapers and check out a wealth of payroll articles on our website. Find out more by visiting us at jgarecruitment.com.

We are specialist Payroll and HR recruiters with over 100 years of expert recruitment experience. Whatever your requirements, if you get in touch and quote “The Payroll Podcast” then you can receive a 20% discount on all JGA Recruitment Terms of business.

]]>https://jgarecruitment.com/strategic-payroll/feed/0Strategic Payroll and Learning for Success is the feature of this episode of The Payroll Podcast, with special guest, Ros Hendren who is is a highly experienced Payroll and HR Professional Manager who possesses over 30 years business and management exp...
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Strategic Payroll and Learning for Success is the feature of this episode of The Payroll Podcast, with special guest, Ros Hendren MSc CMgr FCMI Dip FCIPP Dip FHEA
Ros is a highly experienced Strategic Payroll and HR Professional Manager who possesses over 30 years payroll, HR, business and management expertise and is also currently a CIPP non-executive Board Director!

There are few people in the industry with more management credentials than Ros and which is why I was so excited to speak with her about her experience as a tutor, mentor, leader and innovator within the payroll industry.

Ros is hugely passionate about the payroll industry, upskilling the profession, compliance and strategy and these are all elements that we delve into in order to provide you with a platform of career-develo0pment strategies that may help you develop your own career.
In this podcast, Strategic Payroll and Learning for Success, we discover:

* How to develop a Strategic Approach to Reward Design
* The basic concepts that make up a successful reward strategy
* Learning experiences and qualifications to develop and progress your payroll career
* How to impact decisions at board level and finding your voice within a large corporate structure
* Advantages of working in both outsourced payroll services business environments and in-house payroll operations
* Critical work that is undertaken by non-exec CIPP board executives in shaping the payroll future
* Why Ros is standing for re-election to the CIPP Board
* Advice for aspiring payroll entrepreneurs interested in making setting up their own consultancies
* Aligning payroll operations with other operations such as Reward and HR
* Advice to take away so you too can reach the top of the payroll profession

We hope you enjoy this episode of The Payroll Podcast! If you know anyone else who works in payroll, then please, share this episode with your friends and get them to subscribe today!
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A "Fiscal Phil" Budget Special Episode of The Payroll Podcast, recorded just 24 hours following the budget speech delivered by Philip Hammond on 29th October 2018 with Helen Hargreaves, Associate Director of Policy at the CIPP. We sit down to discuss the key points from the 106-page budget document that will affect payroll and tax and we take a deep dive into all of the announcements made and summarise them for you to digest audibly at your payroll leisure!

We sit down to discuss the key points from the 106-page budget document that will could affect payroll and tax.

In the last Budget before we exit the EU, the Chancellor Philip Hammond appeared to relish the delivery of his 2018 Budget speech. His task this year is not an enviable one as the ‘deal or no deal’ debate continues with many questions unanswered. The economic forecast from the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) was positive; with wages growing at the fastest pace in almost a decade and we have been assured that we should expect sustained real wage growth in each of the next five years. The OBR also confirmed significant improvement in our public finances with national debt having peaked in 2016-17. This means a new path for public spending: “Fiscal Phil says Fiscal Rules OK”. We take a deep dive into all of the announcements made and summarise it for you to digest audibly at your payroll leisure!

Budget Subjects include:

Tax rates and thresholds, Income tax, Devolved income tax and Company cars, vans and fuel

Apprentices and Transferring levy funds and Contributions to funding

National Insurance contributions, Limits and thresholds

Draft National Insurance contributions Bill

National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage

Off-payroll working in the private sector

Parental bereavement leave and pay

Pensions and Savings, Lifetime Allowances and the starting rate for savings

Individual Savings Account (ISA) annual subscription limits

Child Trust Funds and Improving NS&I’s offer to customers

Pension Dashboards and other Digital tool proposals

Tax avoidance and evasion

Protecting your taxes in insolvency

Management capability and Backing entrepreneurs

Universal Credits and Transitioning onto Universal Credits

Banning pensions cold calling

We hope you enjoy this “Fiscal Phil” Budget Special episode of The Payroll Podcast! If you know anyone else who works in payroll, then please, share this episode with your friends and get them to subscribe today!

The Payroll Podcast has one primary aim. To cut through the complex global payroll legislation, technology and compliance issues that affect payroll operations and to provide practical advice that you can implement immediately to improve your payroll department. We aim to take our listeners on a journey through subjects complex payroll issues ranging from GDPR, Robotic Process Automation, Blockchain Technology and Artificial Intelligence to, Global payroll compliance, payroll control frameworks, workplace psychology and payroll career planning. We try to do it with a little bit of humour and with content that I truly hope will help you to improve your payroll function for the better!

The Payroll Podcast is a niche podcast, so if you like the show, please subscribe to it, review it (on iTunes) and please, please share it with as many of your payroll colleagues as possible!

If you wish to get involved with The Payroll Podcast or indeed if you would like to suggest a topic or tell us what you think about it, then please email me at Nick@jgarecruitment.com – I would love to hear from you!

Thanks for Listening!

In the meantime, if you have any payroll or HR recruitment requirements that JGA Recruitment can assist with, please do reach out to us on 01727 800 377 or email Nick@jgarecruitment.com You can also download free payroll whitepapers and check out a wealth of payroll articles on our website. Find out more by visiting us at jgarecruitment.com.

We are specialist Payroll and HR recruiters with over 100 years of expert recruitment experience. Whatever your requirements, if you get in touch and quote “The Payroll Podcast” then you can receive a 20% discount on all JGA Recruitment Terms of business.

]]>https://jgarecruitment.com/budget-special-with-helen-hargreaves-013/feed/0A "Fiscal Phil" Budget Special Episode of The Payroll Podcast, recorded just 24 hours following the budget speech delivered by Philip Hammond on 29th October 2018 with Helen Hargreaves, Associate Director of Policy at the CIPP.A Payroll Podcast Budget Special episode, recorded just 24 hours following the budget speech delivered by Philip Hammond on 29th October 2018 with Helen Hargreaves, Associate Director of Policy at the Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals.
We sit down to discuss the key points from the 106-page budget document that will could affect payroll and tax.
In the last Budget before we exit the EU, the Chancellor Philip Hammond appeared to relish the delivery of his 2018 Budget speech. His task this year is not an enviable one as the ‘deal or no deal’ debate continues with many questions unanswered. The economic forecast from the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) was positive; with wages growing at the fastest pace in almost a decade and we have been assured that we should expect sustained real wage growth in each of the next five years. The OBR also confirmed significant improvement in our public finances with national debt having peaked in 2016-17. This means a new path for public spending: “Fiscal Phil says Fiscal Rules OK”. We take a deep dive into all of the announcements made and summarise it for you to digest audibly at your payroll leisure!
Budget Subjects include:

We hope you enjoy this "Fiscal Phil" Budget Special episode of The Payroll Podcast! If you know anyone else who works in payroll, then please, share this episode with your friends and get them to subscribe today!